Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand

[Beerfish]

It's a courtesy, like the seats on the train that you are supposed to give up. Or in fact just giving up your seat on a train for a pregnant woman. You don't have to do it, but most people do because it's courteous and really in the grand scheme of things, doesn't put you out too much.

I don't see it that way at all. I would give up my seat on a train or bus for the elderly or a pregnant woman in a heartbeat. What we're talking about here is a supermarket trying to legislate against people who may not spend as much money as the woman with five screaming brats.

Yeah, this conversation has happened a few times on BigFooty.

Okay. I will not say anything else on the matter.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

I don't see it that way at all. I would give up my seat on a train or bus for the elderly or a pregnant woman in a heartbeat. What we're talking about here is a supermarket trying to legislate against people who may not spend as much money as the woman with five screaming brats.


Okay. I will not say anything else on the matter.

Yeah, I don't see it that way in the slightest. There's no legislation, it's a courtesy thing and also a bit of a safety thing too.

 

[Off The Couch]

Just park there. Being a parent isn't a disability it's a life choice. Those spaces are discriminating against people who have chosen not to breed.

Lighten up - the bay's are slightly wider to allow them to get easier access to their kids rather than whacking the car next to them
People seriously need to stop sweating the small stuff

 

[Catfish Alley]

Safety is the biggest reason parents park there. They are usually close by the curb and wider bays so less chance of the kid darting out unseen between cars.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

 

[Catfish Alley]

Lol. Just stating a fact. Not something anybody would really stress over.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

I completely agree, it just popped into my head.

 

[Sultan]

Blokes who will piss while standing up in a cubicle, when the urinal is free.

It makes me wonder how small their pecker must be.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Blokes who will piss while standing up in a cubicle, when the urinal is free.

It makes me wonder how small their pecker must be.

I'm not one of these, but some blokes do it because of random guy splash back fear.

 

[kfc1]

Always leave a pram in my car so i can park in the 'parents with prams' parking at the shops

Things in life I just don't understand: Why I posted this in this thread
That's a fail for my tapatalk skills

 

[Starburns_]

It's a courtesy, like the seats on the train that you are supposed to give up. Or in fact just giving up your seat on a train for a pregnant woman. You don't have to do it, but most people do because it's courteous and really in the grand scheme of things, doesn't put you out too much.

At least in Melbourne those priority seats for elderly and disabled are legally enforcable, you can be fined if you refuse to give it up.

 

[Beerfish]

Lighten up - the bay's are slightly wider to allow them to get easier access to their kids rather than whacking the car next to them
People seriously need to stop sweating the small stuff

Lighten up? I'm not sweating anything. I have no qualms about parking in them. People who jump up and down about it are sweating the small stuff. The reason it's unenforceable is because it's discriminatory. Plain and simple. Just put those wider parents with prams bays at the back of the car park then not right outside the door next to the disabled bays. Most people don't park that far away so there's much less danger of whacking any cars if that's a big concern for these people (and I doubt it is).

 

[Catfish Alley]

The whole point is to make it easier for parents who tend to spend more. Don't have to walk kids through cars so it's safer. But also more convenient for them so they'll shop there. No business incentive to have them at the back.

They are usually only a couple of spots anyway and full most the time. Never seen anybody kick up a fuss about them. I'm ok with giving heavily pregnant women a park near the front.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Lighten up? I'm not sweating anything. I have no qualms about parking in them. People who jump up and down about it are sweating the small stuff. The reason it's unenforceable is because it's discriminatory. Plain and simple. Just put those wider parents with prams bays at the back of the car park then not right outside the door next to the disabled bays. Most people don't park that far away so there's much less danger of whacking any cars if that's a big concern for these people (and I doubt it is).

Moving through a car park with kids is a safety issue so it makes sense to put them at the front. It is also hard for heavily pregnant woman to move around freely, so putting them at the front makes sense. Whether you agree with them or not, its hard to argue against the logical place being at the front.

 

[Shell]

Always leave a pram in my car so i can park in the 'parents with prams' parking at the shops

But wouldn't the pram not be in the car if you legit had kids?

I parked in one the other day- every single other car park was taken, so I thought **** it and parked in one. All 4 were free. I still felt bad but too bad.

 

[kfc1]

But wouldn't the pram not be in the car if you legit had kids?

The signs say nothing about having kids

 

[Catfish Alley]

The signs say nothing about having kids

What do they say? Same as here 'for parents and expectant mothers'? I guess you could just be an old grandad out on your own technically.

 

[Beerfish]

The whole point is to make it easier for parents who tend to spend more. Don't have to walk kids through cars so it's safer. But also more convenient for them so they'll shop there. No business incentive to have them at the back.

Exactly my point. It's discriminatory.

They are usually only a couple of spots anyway and full most the time. Never seen anybody kick up a fuss about them.

Yeah I think there are five at my local. I've had a couple of looks before but nobody has ever been game to say anything. I also see plenty of other people who quite obviously have no prams, kids or buns in the oven parking in them too. I'm obviously not the only one who feels they're a crock. Just perhaps the only one right here at the moment.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Pretty sure it's not dicrimatory or against the law. Makes business sense - it's just not enforceable.

 

[Cruyff14]

Isn't parking in disabled spots illegal?

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yep, illegal without a permit.

 

[Beerfish]

Pretty sure it's not dicrimatory or against the law. Makes business sense - it's just not enforceable.

I never said it's against the law. As your previous post outlines though, it is discriminatory which is why it will never be law. The other reason is can you just imagine the outrage from certain sections of the community at people with children/expecting children pretty much being labelled disabled/handicapped?

 

[Off The Couch]

I think at some centres you actually have to have a sticker indicating that you are valid

 

[Beerfish]

I think at some centres you actually have to have a sticker indicating that you are valid

I think that's the way it is at Garden City actually. If I was someone that sweated the small stuff I might be inclined to challenge them on it. But I'm not.

 

[Gough]

We should be able to park in disabled spots, they park in ours.